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By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press MOSCHUN, Ukraine (AP) — Standing amid the wreckage of his home, Vadym Zherdetsky shows photos on his phone of how it once looked: handsome rooms, a hand-carved wooden bed and a chest of drawers he intended to leave to his grandchildren. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, two missiles struck
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olivertapia (CNN) — El premio mayor de la lotería Powerball aumentará a US$ 1.900 millones para el sorteo del lunes, según estimaciones de la Lotería de California, lo que lo convierte en el premio de lotería más grande jamás ofrecido, tal como pretendían sus organizadores cuando cambiaron las probabilidades en 2015. No hubo boletos ganadores
Continue Reading FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Voters in Germany’s main financial center, Frankfurt, have removed the city’s mayor who is on trial in a corruption case. Authorities said 95.1% of those who turned out on Sunday voted to recall Peter Feldmann, a member of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats who has been mayor for 10
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CNN By Ella Nilsen, CNN; Photography by Rebecca Noble for CNN Workers with the water district in Wenden, Arizona, saw something remarkable last year as they slowly lowered a camera into the drought-stricken town’s well: The water was moving. But the aquifer which sits below the small desert town in the southwestern part of the
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN China has reiterated its unswerving commitment to its longstanding zero-Covid policy, despite mounting public frustration the stringent measures are costing the very lives they’re intended to protect. Unfounded rumors of an exit from the costly strategy had sent Chinese stocks soaring last week, but at a news conference Saturday, Chinese health
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Coy Gibbs, the vice chairman of Joe Gibbs Racing for his NFL and NASCAR Hall of Fame father, died Sunday morning just hours after his son won the Xfinity Series championship. He was 49. “It is with great sorrow that Joe Gibbs Racing confirms
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, CNN One person is dead and five others were wounded in three separate shootings reported within an hour across Boston neighborhoods Sunday night, prompting authorities to investigate whether the incidents are connected, police said. Boston police responded to the first shooting in the Mattapan neighborhood at 9:10 p.m. after receiving a radio
Continue Reading By RAQUEL REDONDO and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press QUESADA, Spain (AP) — An extremely hot, dry summer is now threatening the heartiest of Spain’s staple crops: the olives that make the European country the world’s leading producer of the tiny green fruits that are pressed into golden oil. Industry experts and authorities predict Spain’s fall
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — More than 100 world leaders are about to discuss a worsening problem that scientists’ call Earth’s biggest challenge, yet observers say it will be hard to make progress given all that is happening in the world. Nearly 50 heads of states or governments on Monday
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian stocks advanced Monday as investors weighed uncertainties such as the U.S. midterm elections and China’s possible moves to ease coronavirus restrictions. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures edged lower. China reported its trade shrank in October as global demand weakened and anti-virus controls weighed on
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian stocks advanced Monday as investors weighed uncertainties such as the U.S. midterm elections and China’s possible moves to ease coronavirus restrictions. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures edged lower. China reported its trade shrank in October as global demand weakened and anti-virus controls weighed on
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — A Sri Lankan cricketer charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Australia remained in jail Monday after a court declined his bid for bail. Danushka Gunathilaka was arrested early Sunday at his Sydney hotel and was charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent. The 31-year-old had traveled to Australia as
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Lottery officials announced late Monday night that the record-breaking $1.9 billion Powerball drawing is delayed because officials in one state need more time to complete security protocols. The delay is caused by one participating lottery that needs more time to process its sales, the Multi-State Lottery Commission told
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Aftab Khan felt helpless when torrential floodwaters submerged a third of Pakistan, his home country. Khan’s hometown was completely underwater. His friend rescued a woman who had walked barefoot, carrying her sick child, through stagnant floodwaters for 15 miles. And Khan’s own mother, who now lives with him in Islamabad, was
Continue Reading By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) — On the sandy banks of the Indus River, which flows top to toe through Pakistan and into its southern Sindh province, Hindus waited for brightly colored boats to ferry them to a peaceful island that has housed a temple for almost 200 years. Cheers rang out
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Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine authorities have filed murder complaints against the country’s top prisons official and an aide, accusing them of masterminding the killing of a radio commentator. They say the elaborate crime shows the prisons system has been turned into a “criminal organization.” The complaints were filed Monday
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — More than 100 world leaders are about to discuss a worsening problem that scientists’ call Earth’s biggest challenge, yet observers don’t expect much from it, maybe not even a lot of attention. Nearly 50 heads of states or governments on Monday will take the stage
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — An issue called loss and damage will likely dominate difficult climate talks in Egypt this month. It’s about paying for big climate disasters. These disasters are getting bigger and hurting more people. It’s about who pays. It’s about justice, blame and responsibility. Often lost
Continue Reading By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the outspoken leader of Cyprus’ Greek Orthodox Christian Church whose forays into the country’s complex politics and finances fired up supporters and detractors alike, has died. He was 81. A doctor’s bulletin announced the Archbishop’s death Monday, saying he “passed peacefully.” Chrysostomos had
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